February’s biggest news might be the next fantasy audiobook from Marlon James and read by Golden Voice Bahni Turpin—who also narrates two more titles featured in this month’s selections. We also look forward to new fiction, several titles for middle-grade and teen...

Source: AudioFile beautifully written novel. Her narration is breathy, poignant, often funny, and always engrossing. Tookie works at Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore in Minneapolis owned by Erdrich--who sometimes enters the novel as herself. Tookie is being...

As students head into the classroom this September, many of them for the first time, I thought I’d celebrate their achievement by sharing five debut novels. It takes determination, enthusiasm, and providence to be a first-year student. Add talent to the mix, and you...